Odo Dobrowolski (born 1883 in

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, died 1917 in

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) was a Polish painter.

Life

He was the son of Józef Dobrowolski, an official of the Gubernium of Galicia, and Eugenia Wittich. Odo took his secondary education in

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. He studied at the

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, most likely as an independent student. During his years in

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, between 1908 and 1909, he was guided by

Jan Styka Jan Styka (April 8, 1858 – April 11, 1925) was a Polish painter noted for producing large historical, battle-piece, and Christian religious panoramas. He was also illustrator and poet. Known also as a great patriotic speaker - his speeches were ...

. Afterwards, he took a short stay in

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, continuing onto

then on. In Lviv, he created a large

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, illustrating the town square, put on display at

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's confectionary "Dworek" by 4 Akademicka Street. In the years of 1911–12, he returned to live in

. In 1912, he took part in a presentation of drawings at the Leopolitan Literature-Art Grouping. During the

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's occupation of Lviv, Odo, with the affirmation of the military's local censorship council, published his ten-piece portfolio of an auto lithography of "Lwów 1914-15" ("Lviv 1914-15", costing 30 crowns), which received much popularity. In June 1915, he moved to

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Gallery

File:Dobrowolski Comedie Française 1908.jpg, ''Comedie Française Paris''
(1908) File:Dobrowolski Bulwar w sniegu 1909.jpg, ''A Snowy Boulevard''
(1909) File:Spring (NBY 371).jpg, ''Spring''
(ca. 1909) File:Woman standing in the forest, artist signed Dobrowolski (NBY 4994).jpg, ''A Woman Standing in the Forest''
(1910s) File:Dobrowolski Paris night 1912.jpg, ''Paris by Night''
(1912) File:Dobrowolski Pomnik Mickiewicza we Lwowie litografia 1915.jpg, ''Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Lviv'' (lithography)
(1915)

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